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I watched as Alice released Bella from her death grip; smiling as Bella unlocked her hands from Alice's back unwillingly. Alice beamed at Bella as she sat back and then her eyes flickered to mine. She's telling the truth, right?… how was I going to tell her that I had no true idea. I believed that Bella was telling the truth but I couldn't just read her mind to see. I moved my eyes almost imperceptibly to the door and back to her, signaling that I wanted to talk to her outside. Frowning, she nodded and then turned her gaze back on Bella, a look of apology in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Bella, but Edward and I…" Bella held up a hand to stop her, grinning.

"Its fine Alice, you guy go do what you need to." Alice giggled, hugged Bella one more time and then followed me out of the room.

"So?" Alice asked me, her eyes expectant. I took a deep breath.

"I can't hear her thoughts." Alice's eyes widened.

"What?!!!!!" I motioned for her to lower her voice. She obliged, but her mind was screaming. I nodded.

"I don't know what's going on but….when I walked in and tried to listen for her thoughts all I heard was yours inside the room." Alice was shaking her head back and forth quickly. I don't understand…

"We should go tell Carlisle." I nodded again and followed as she ran to Carlisle's study.

Alice knocked carefully. You two can come in Edward…I pushed the door open and stepped aside so that Alice could enter, moving into the room after her. From his seat at the desk, Carlisle looked up at us. I turned my head to see Alice looking pointedly at me. Sighing, I proceeded to explain what had happened in Bella's room to him. Carlisle rubbed his chin, thinking hard about the possibilities. Then he turned to Alice.

"Would you mind going to get Bella?" she was gone and back in less than three minutes, a laughing Bella clutched to her chest. Setting the giggling Bella down, Alice spun around to drop into one of the plush seats that Carlisle had in his Study; a huge smile plastered to her face. Bella looked over at Carlisle and blushed; and then dropped her gaze to her fingers. I clenched my fists together; stopping myself from jumping her as the blood pooled into her cheeks.

"Ah Bella… how are you?" he asked, looking down at the embarrassed girl with intent eyes. Bella cleared her throat.

"Ummm… I'm wonderful, thank you. I can't express how completely I appreciate you letting me stay here." She mumbled; her eyes still downcast. Carlisle smiled at her paternally.

"You are most welcome Bella." Bella lifted her eyes then and they were glazed over with tears.

"You are so kind. I am forever grateful for your help." Carlisle just continues to smile. I think she's telling the truth Edward, even if you cant hear it… just look into her eyes…I just shrugged, and then nodded slightly.

"The reason I called you down here, Bella, is because something…unexpected has happened." I saw Bella stiffen. Seeing her fear, Carlisle shook his head quickly.

"Oh, nothing Bad." She loosened her posture slightly. "Just something unexpected as I said before." She looked at him.

"Do you want me to help with something? Is this a problem I can fix?" she asked quickly, her desire to be useful obvious in her tone. When Carlisle nodded, she broke out into a million watt smile.

"I want you to think of a something, an apple for instance. I want you to picture it in your mind; visualize its textures and colors…" she looked at him in a curios fashion for a moment before eagerly doing as he asked. Not that I would truly know as I could still hear nothing of her thoughts. But if the cute, scrunched up expression on her face was any clue; well, I would say she was thinking about that apple harder than she had ever thought about anything in her life. I resisted the urge to laugh out loud. Carlisle looked at me expectantly. I shook my head.

"Interesting…" Bella looked over at him, seeming confused.

"What's interesting?" she inquired, frowning minutely. Carlisle snuck a peek at me…do you mind if I clue her in...I shrugged again.

"Well you see Bella, Edward here has the ability to read minds…" I watched her face light up. I was confused… she want me to be able to read her mind?...

"So you mean that you guys know for sure that I'm telling the truth 'cause he, well you know, just read it in my mind."

"Well you see, Bella, It has turned out that you are in fact immune to Edwards Talent." Her face fell. "But rest assured Bella, I do not think that Edward nor Alice disbelieve your story. I myself know that I believe its merit." Alice nodded quickly and I followed suit. Bella smiled at us, but still seemed a little disappointed. Most people would love to know that their thoughts were safe from outward minds, but not Bella. Instead she was upset that I could not penetrate the deep void that was her mentality.

"Does that…" she took a deep breath and then continued. "What's wrong with me?" she screamed in frustration. Carlisle looked taken back by her outburst.

"I just mean… first I meet a vampire, get pregnant with this vampire's child, which is impossible by the way, and then, to top it off, He can't read my mind! Am I a… a…a freak?!!!"

"Ummm..." Alice spoke quickly, "you're not a freak! You're just…Different." Bella sighed. She seemed truly distressed about it.

"Sorry. Its just… since I was little I never really connected with people. I always thought that maybe there was something wrong with my mind…" I started laughing. Alice stared at me like I was crazy and Carlisle's face had again morphed into a mask of surprise. What? I laughed! Occasionally…I looked over at Bella who was swinging her head back and forth between Carlisle and Alice; studying their looks of incredulous shock.

"I take it you don't laugh often…" she murmured, looking at me with amusement.

"I laugh!" I spluttered indignantly. She giggled.

"Okay, Edward! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you; it was a nice laugh and everything…but do you see the look their giving you?!!!" she giggled again, watching as they both shook themselves out of their stupor.

"They are just exaggerating." I murmured. She blushed suddenly.

"What are you thinking?" I blurted out. It was so strange not to just automatically know. She looked down, blushing some more.

"Uhhh, nothing. Just …you know… stuff…" she stumbled through the word and the red never left her cheeks. I chuckled.

"No, I don't know. Enlighten me. What kind of stuff?" she mumbled something about normal stuff.

"Edward!!!!!! You're all happy! What happened?" I ignored Alice's question and instead concentrated on the laugh it extracted out of Bella. She had a beautiful laugh, like warm wind through autumn leaves. That's the only way I can describe it. Warm and colorful; enticing. I watched as it flowed out of her lips and I found myself…. ridiculously… I found myself wondering how those lips would feel on mine.

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